Production Supervisor Operations Manager

Daniel A. Justice

**** ******* ***** ****, *** Fort N.C.

Phone 828-***-****

E-Mail: ******.*********@*****.***

Profile

Manufacturing professional with 20 years of progressive, successful experience

Outstanding accomplishments resulting in tremendous cost-savings and time-savings

Proven leader who has led and motivated others to progress within the company

Experience

20018 to current

Premier Magnesia, Waynesville, N.C.

Production Superintendent,

Responsible for the safe production packaging of Epson Sait. Accountable to the Production Manager.

Directly supervise 50 employees

Stresing Safety, Quality and Production.

Coaching all to be the best at all times.

2014 to 2018

Continental, Fletcher, N.C.

CNC 8 station mill operator,

Accountable to Production Supervisor for the quality production for brake calipers for major automotive companies.

Perfection Gear, Asheville,NC 2011 to 2014

CNC setup/ operator

Accountable to the Production Supervisor for the set-up and operation of CNC late.

Hunter Automotive Group, Hendersonville, NC 2006 to 2011

Brand Manager/Sales - Hyundai

For this large auto dealership, responsible for sales of new Hyundai vehicles to clientele and maintaining thorough knowledge of this brand. Ability to implement successful sales skills despite this difficult economic time.

Log Home Center, Arden, NC 2003 to 2006

Owner

As owner and operator of this log home construction business, responsible for all phases including sales, customer service, managing construction of homes, and delivering a quality product.

Borg-Warner Automotive Turbo Systems, Asheville, NC 1988 to 2003

A 500-employee facility manufacturing turbo systems for the automotive and commercial industries.

Operations Manager - 1999 to 2003

Accountable to Plant Manager for manufacturing three of the five major components of a turbo charger for the Assembly Department.

Directly supervised a management staff of 1 Manufacturing Engineer, 2 Engineering Assistants, 1 CNC Programmer, 5 Lead Operators, 1 Purchaser, 1 Scheduler, and 85 hourly employees.

Led a team that proposed, developed, and implemented a high-volume robotic CNC cell. This was a $3,000,000 project that resulted in the reduction of outsourcing and internal labor, resulting in savings of $1,500,000 in the first year. Awarded the BWA Innovation Award for work on robotic cell.

Established the first true inventory pull system, resulting in reduction of inventory of over $1,000,000 in the first year.

Transformed other stand-alone batch type equipment to include cells (casting to finished), reducing the lead-time from 10 days to hours.

Established consignment inventory for the compressor wheel castings, resulting in a reduction in inventory of $80,000.

Formed and served as the mentor of the first Hazardous Assessment Team.

Production Supervisor - 1997 to 1999

Accountable to Manufacturing Manager for the supervision, selection and training of 7 Lead Operators and 96 Production Operators in 5 departments.

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Used constraint management and lean manufacturing tools to form manufacturing cells, resulting in a 50% reduction of labor cost.

Implemented a set-up reduction system that reduced set-up time from 3 hours to 15 minutes on the A77.

Led a team that formed a cell to expand the capacity of the Wast-Gate Housing line, resulting in a $300.000 yearly savings.

Promoted to Operations Manager

Lead Operator of Compressor Covers - 1996 to 1997

Accountable to Production Supervisor for 10 CNC Operators and responsible for the set-up and operation of CNC lathes and mills.

Trained operators and responsible for the scheduling of the department.

Promoted to Production Supervisor

CNC Machinist - 1988 to 1996

Accountable to the Production Supervisor for the set-up and operation of CNC lathes and mills.

Promoted to Lead Operator of Compressor Covers

Norton Company, Diamond Tool Division, Arden, NC 1983 – 1988

A manufacturing company of grinding wheels and diamond dressing tools used by companies such as GE and Timken Bearings.

Machinist - Accountable to the Production Supervisor for operating a variety of machines, lathes, and mills.

Education and Training

Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville, NC 1982

Machinist Degree

North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC 2000

Kaizen (Process Improvement Training)

Borg-Warner 2001

Talent Management System Training

Chesapeake Consulting Group 2001

Constant Based Management Training

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